The Cave 18:104

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Arabic English Morphology
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna
Those Noun
ضَلَّ ḍalla
is lost V
their effort Noun
فِى
in Prep
the life Noun
(of) the world Noun
وَهُمْ wahum
while they Noun
يَحْسَبُونَ yaḥsabūna
think V
that they Prep
يُحْسِنُونَ yuḥ'sinūna
(were) acquiring good V
صُنْعًا ṣun'ʿan
(in) work Noun

whose efforts in this world are misguided, even when they think they are doing good work

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

ٱلَّذِینَ ضَلَّ سَعۡیُهُمۡ فِی ٱلۡحَیَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡیَا وَهُمۡ یَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمۡ یُحۡسِنُونَ صُنۡعًا ۝١٠٤

alladhīna ḍalla saʿyuhum fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā wahum yaḥsabūna annahum yuḥ'sinūna ṣun'ʿa